“Man’s achievements rest upon the use of symbols.”
—Alfred Korzybski; quoted in Language in Thought & Action by S.I. Hayakawa, 1940.
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“Man’s achievements rest upon the use of symbols.”
—Alfred Korzybski; quoted in Language in Thought & Action by S.I. Hayakawa, 1940.
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Hayakawa’s book “Language in Thought and Action” was the required textbook in an adolescent psychology course I endured in graduate school.
Go figure.
Hayakawa went on to be a US Senator (Republican, of course) who became well-known for dozing off during speeches–some of them his own.
Yes, he’s the man. I did not know that he was a Republican.